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Re: diff and diff-utils in category base
- From: Charles Wilson <cwilson at ece dot gatech dot edu>
- To: Robert Collins <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- Cc: Cygwin-Apps <cygwin-apps at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 09:50:41 -0400
- Subject: Re: diff and diff-utils in category base
- References: <FC169E059D1A0442A04C40F86D9BA7600C60B1@itdomain003.itdomain.net.au>
Robert Collins wrote:
> Any reason why diff and diff-utils are in the 'base' category?
>
> They seem much more 'devel' to me.
Probably because Debian has them in base. Chris chose to model the
categories on Debian originally -- but we seem to be migrating away from
that somewhat and using "best judgement" for recent package submissions.
I have no opinion on whether they should be 'moved' -- I use an
almost-full installation anyway... :-)
--Chuck